The author of the article analyzes the dynamics of the appeal to the work of Maxim Gorky in the modern theatrical process. The statistics of the 2018-19 and 2023-24 theatrical seasons are taken as a basis, studied by the author on the basis of independently collected and systematized material. The 2018 season is notable for the fact that it correlates with the 150th anniversary of the Russian writer, and the indicators of the 2023 season demonstrate in which direction - increasing or decreasing - the interest of the authors of stage productions in Gorky's works is changing, which of Maxim Gorky's legacy finds embodiment on the stage, in the theaters of which cities his dramaturgy and prose texts are in demand. We have recorded a serious and steady level of appeal to Gorky's work, therefore, this writer should in no case be attributed to half-forgotten or even forgotten names that have gone 78 into the past along with the official Soviet literary canon. On the contrary, he is confidently among the twenty authors, both domestic and foreign, whose works are most often staged in modern Russian theaters. All this allows us to speak about the unceasing attention to the work of Maxim Gorky, which has been preserved for a long time, and not just "tied" to the anniversary year, which was 2018.
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